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BingoBoingo: mike_c: I don't know if
they will ever be
too popular.
The problem of
tracking a whole season seems better suited
to bucket shops and line betting operations. Marquee events and championships
that can get
traffic
though should do better on
the BitBet model
though.
mircea_popescu: and you struggle
to get 1k
together on football prime
time events
mircea_popescu: certainly not
this silliness where bitbet lays a quarter million bucks on any diff bet easy,
mike_c: i agree with mp, once football bets are popular on bitbet we will know
the gold rush is over.
mike_c: so looks like it got one bet other
than you
ozbot: BitBet - BTC will hit $1000 without dropping
to $100
BingoBoingo: mike_c: I did
the bitbet
too on both sides, but
they are closed
BingoBoingo: mike_c: I wouldn't
take
the spread
though. On value bets liek
this ML
tends
to be better in
the long run
mike_c: hah.
the vegas line is +295.
BingoBoingo: mike_c:
There are much better probably scam sports books out
there
mircea_popescu: such ignorant notation
too. negative and fractional, same
thing. blergh
BingoBoingo: +320 on Auburn means you would win 320 dollars on a 100 dollar
ticket. -380 on Florida State means you would win 100/380 on your 100 dollar
ticket
mircea_popescu: i imagine if someone sends 10k btc on
their stated odds all sorts of fun ensues.
mike_c: 11 point spread and 4.2 money line?
that does sound attractive.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo i love it how
they never advertise
their house limit,
too
BingoBoingo: jurov: It means an Auburn win returns roughly quadruple your initial bet. Looks like similar odds I've been buying, but I've heard
that site was scam already.
jurov: but am interested how
to read
the stats
mircea_popescu: it's as if anyone buying shares bought from
the nyse itself, and anyone selling sold
to nyse itself
mircea_popescu: jurov line betting vs mutual betting is like bucket shop vs stock exchange. in
the line model all
trades are against
the house.
jurov: it's
there but i never did line betting, what does
this mean?
BingoBoingo: Well, yeah. Breaking one of
the "big guys" and firmly placing yourself as
the bigger and more solvent guy
mircea_popescu: noobs also don't remember
the entire "btc rating agency" bullshit coming out of his inflamed brain, and consequently don't remember reason #5498045986 why bitcoin didn't go
to shit before
they had a chance
to hear of it.
BingoBoingo: Well... Yeah. As
the years go on
though
the relative impressiveness of
the story will grow simply because n00bs can't remember single dollar digit btc.
mircea_popescu: yeah well... it's easily forgotten
that at
the
time
the replacement cost of 500btc was like five grand
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: I've been putting money on Auburn at as many books as I can
that haven't been rather conclusively labeled scam yet. Cheaper exercise
than
the one you did with Patrick Harnett.
mircea_popescu: i would imagine all of
them strictly consist of one derp, his .5 btc budget and his dreams and aspirations
BingoBoingo: I imagine such a black
Tuesday outcome would be great publicity for BitBet
though.
BingoBoingo: jurov: Because so many people are betting on Auburn. Auburn is given odds
that make it a great value pick. Since most BTC line betting operations pull lines off of USA
Today instead of letting odds play on
their own and collecting
their vig, if Auburn wins I imagine at least a few won't be able
to pay winnings.
BingoBoingo: I'm kind of curious if any line betting operations are going
to fold up
tomorrow morning.
pankkake: why run? I'm
thinking I'd do pretty much
the same
pankkake: so no serious answer! are you afraid
to admit you're using excel?
pankkake: my love for metadata is probably more insane
than anyone in
the nsa
mircea_popescu: "Slavery in Sudan began in ancient
times, and has continued
to
the present day." sez wikipedia
pankkake: I need slaves
to sort my files
kakobrekla: actually its not so much your fault cause you dont sign it, which makes me
think you should be doing
that from now on :D
pankkake: what are you using for accounting?
text files?
mircea_popescu: with any luck at all, i'll forget
to roll
the .7 bitcents into next month's report and
then it'll look really bad lol
mircea_popescu: it's partly your fault, and partly my fault, and partly
the fault of everyone who may wish
to bitch about it
kakobrekla: well obv is all my fault cause i sign
the
thing on
the end
mircea_popescu: people gotta get used
to reading reports, calculator in hand
mircea_popescu: obv shareholders didn't give a shit about
the 6 bitcents, or else
they'd have said something.
mircea_popescu: ;;later
tell mike_c nice catch on
the bitbet statement
there.
mike_c: pankkake: agreed. not hard
to
tweak anyway.
benkay: i don't want
to 'use' anything - i want
to deploy some capital and have some less generated by a human for me.
pankkake: I used
to dislike bootstrap because so many websites use it. but so what? interfaces are meant
to be standardized
benkay: errybody's going
to have
to get at least conversant with privacy
tools.
mike_c: i'm more interested in
the identity side
though. what's
the right compromise for allowing attribution
to commenters without making
them create an account?
benkay: you'll see i have some styling
to do. i hate styling.
benkay: which
thanks
to
the insane amounts of
time
that's been put into org-mode and emacs in general is a pretty robust project
benkay: having written on everything from friendster
to livejournal
to
the well, blogger and yes even wordpress before attempting
to roll my own
this
time
through i decided
to keep all of my data local and generate blog files from my blog.org file
benkay: that's
the one, mike_c.
ozbot: Effectual spam filtering for WordPress pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
pankkake: perhaps add a special
tag on
top of
the mail
to change it; and also provide a URL
pankkake: well some clients/webmails don't provide a good way
to have multiple identities
mike_c: not sure how
trilema's works, but it seems a reasonable compromise.
mike_c: it's not
that
they can't handle, just raises
the bar for doing so. you'll get fewer comments.
benkay: not buying into one of
these federated identity services -
that'd run counter
to
the whole point.
pankkake: plus, email already has antispams. why reinvent
the wheel
benkay: yeah. i'm
thinking about how
to do comments.
pankkake: the only
thing I dislike with static blogs is
the comment handling. usually, it's… disqus
benkay: time heals all
this idiocy. red queen patterns etc.
pankkake: because, and
that is
truly a problem, people are
too lazy
to create a new account, and manage passwords
pankkake: at least I could self-host it… now a lot of websites
throw you facebook in
the face
benkay: log in with cryptotoken. it's
the only way.
mike_c: stackoverflow
tried
to use it. i was surprised
that didn't work.
BingoBoingo: I'm pretty sure just entering nym, any email, and comment should be sufficient. I'll investigate whether or not I need
to burn a bunch of PHP when I'm not so drunk.
benkay: one
to sign
the public key of
the one you carry around.
mike_c: yeah, with a master signing key you keep in
the garden it would work
benkay: well you have
two, right?
mike_c: until your dog hits
the kill switch
benkay: yeah, and if you've ever had contact with
their systems
they'll snarf your email out of
the comment field and blapp your identity link into poor BingoBoingo's blog.
benkay: this whole "federate identity across all platforms" routine is a little
tired at
this point.
pankkake: wordpress.com blogs force you
to log on if you have a wordpress.com account with
that email
benkay: BingoBoingo: you made me log in
to wordpress. and fuck with
their horrible gravatar situation.
timescammer!
benkay: didn't even bother
to file it.
pankkake: lol coinelius/twentyseventy. just do
the inverse of what he does and you'll be fine
ThickAsThieves: albeit when it's close
to
the bottom it is somewhat ineffective
benkay: links
to 'cryptotocks'
ozbot: [HAVELOCK] Mintspare (MS) Bitcoin Electronic
Trade-in Service - Official
Thread
BingoBoingo: benkay: You might as well. Blogging is like Brussels sprouts. No matter what you expections are something about
the venutre is going
to
taste kind of bitter until
the frost sets.
pankkake: this. is. beautiful: "So we view
this as not just an idea, we are not just a company
taking an existing idea and putting it into
the Bitcoin space. We are a company
that is revamping
the idea into a successful business
through design, culture, process,
technology, customer support, innovation, growth and proper staffing within
the Bitcoin world."
BingoBoingo: benkay: You know you can link you plog when you post
the comments